welwel

hey.. juz starting to enter the world of pokemon... i'm juz a beginner wid stuff like this.. can anyone help me solve my problem..i've been reading posts about my problem but i can't understand a thing..(sorry guyz, juz trying to have fun..) i started fire red and i juz can't save during the game...i save using the "shift f1,f2,f3,f4,f5,f6,f7,f8,f9 thing"... then when i defeated the elitefour..the game restarted and i it juz asks me to start the game all over!!! it says smoething like this-"1m sub-curcuit thing...." and when i save the gba way it shows a Save Error post and asks me to have a back-up thing... juz pls tell what to do STEP BY STEP...hehe btw, my vba is 1.8 and i also don't know what is an IPS patch..hehe.. i juz don't want to start my game all over again..pls help me continue the one i started... thanks!!!!